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People who call Dollars "clams"
Posted on 12/13/17 at 3:53 pm
Posted on 12/13/17 at 3:53 pm
What does this say about the person?
Posted on 12/13/17 at 3:54 pm to Tiger Ryno
That they're 125 years old
Posted on 12/13/17 at 3:55 pm to SCLSUMuddogs
An older expression, but not that goddamned old.
Posted on 12/13/17 at 3:55 pm to SCLSUMuddogs
quote:
That they're 125 years old
Posted on 12/13/17 at 3:56 pm to Tiger Ryno
Actually, the word "clam" is short for "clamshell" which is another slang
term for a buck, a simoleon or a dollar.
I suppose you now want to know why the word "clamshell" means a smacker.
At one time, clamshells, in the form of many small ones strung together,
were a currency used by native Americans, mostly in California.
This DeAnza College quizola key page mentions them.
LINK
"Clamshell made into 'strings' of money and these strings were the standard
of exchange."
"The Miwok" chapter from "Handbook of Indians of California" by A. L. Kroeber
(1919) goes into valuation details.
LINK /
"Clamshell disk currency was less precious than in the north, though that may
have been one of the directions from which it reached the Miwok. Its value in
American terms is said to have averaged $5 a yard, only a fraction of the
figure at which the southern Maidu rated it. Whole strung olivella shells went
at $1 a yard among both groups."
The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology web site has some nice pictures
in their "Money and Wealth" section.
LINK
"Clam shell beads, strings"
Clamshells are used as currency still to this day, but by members of the
Yapese culture, and not in the Americas, according to this Yap Art Studio &
Gallery web page.
LINK
"Shell money is used as payments with stone money to purchase canoes, land,
or pay fines."
If you need any clarification, please feel free to ask.
term for a buck, a simoleon or a dollar.
I suppose you now want to know why the word "clamshell" means a smacker.
At one time, clamshells, in the form of many small ones strung together,
were a currency used by native Americans, mostly in California.
This DeAnza College quizola key page mentions them.
LINK
"Clamshell made into 'strings' of money and these strings were the standard
of exchange."
"The Miwok" chapter from "Handbook of Indians of California" by A. L. Kroeber
(1919) goes into valuation details.
LINK /
"Clamshell disk currency was less precious than in the north, though that may
have been one of the directions from which it reached the Miwok. Its value in
American terms is said to have averaged $5 a yard, only a fraction of the
figure at which the southern Maidu rated it. Whole strung olivella shells went
at $1 a yard among both groups."
The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology web site has some nice pictures
in their "Money and Wealth" section.
LINK
"Clam shell beads, strings"
Clamshells are used as currency still to this day, but by members of the
Yapese culture, and not in the Americas, according to this Yap Art Studio &
Gallery web page.
LINK
"Shell money is used as payments with stone money to purchase canoes, land,
or pay fines."
If you need any clarification, please feel free to ask.
Posted on 12/13/17 at 3:56 pm to Tiger Ryno
That they bootlegged in the 20's, see.
This post was edited on 12/13/17 at 3:56 pm
Posted on 12/13/17 at 3:56 pm to Tiger Ryno
Old yankees use the term clams.
Posted on 12/13/17 at 3:57 pm to Tiger Ryno
i always assumed they were talking about vaginas.
Posted on 12/13/17 at 3:58 pm to The Truth 34
I always thought they watched too much of the Flinstones.
Posted on 12/13/17 at 3:59 pm to The Truth 34
quote:
vaginas.
bearded clams. a different species than the monetary clam.
Posted on 12/13/17 at 4:01 pm to Wedge
quote:
bearded clams
You're messing with the wrong clams man.
Posted on 12/13/17 at 4:02 pm to Wedge
quote:
bearded clams. a different species than the monetary clam
Closely related to the Love Taco.
Posted on 12/13/17 at 4:02 pm to Tiger Ryno
Dementia's in full blast
Posted on 12/13/17 at 4:02 pm to Wedge
quote:
bearded clams. a different species than the monetary clam.
It's bearded oyster
Posted on 12/13/17 at 4:02 pm to Tiger Ryno
They're Italian-American and potentially connected to the Mafia.
Posted on 12/13/17 at 4:04 pm to boxcarbarney
quote:
Closely related to the Love Taco.
or the pink canoe
Posted on 12/13/17 at 4:10 pm to Tiger Ryno
Means they ain't got no duckettes like me rollin' spabreadios.
Posted on 12/13/17 at 4:12 pm to boxcarbarney
quote:
Closely related to the Love Taco.
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